Watch-protector.



PATENTED 18,41903.

o. R. TETZNER. 'WATCH PROTECTOR. APPLAIGATION FILED JULY 29, 1902.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WATCH-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,460, dated August 18, 1903.

Application filed July 29,1902. Serial No. 117.438. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. '.ITETZNER, residing in New York city, borough of Manhattan, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements iu fetch-Protectors, of which the following is a speciiication.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple device adapted to be secured within a pocket to hold a watch therein against surreptitious or accidental removal, and in earrying out my invention I provide a support or plate to which clamping-jaws are attached and adapted to grip or clamp a head or proj ection secured to awatch, the jaws being provided with a spring to normally hold them closed.

My invention also contemplates the novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying' drawings, forming part thereof, wherein- Figure l is a face view of a watch-protector embodying my invention, showing the jaws closed upon the head or projection of a watch. Fig. 2 is a similar view showin g the jaws open. Fig. 3 is a section on the line y y in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a section on the line x in Fig. l. Fig. et is a detail section through the parts l, Gd, 7, and 7b. Fig. 5 is a view showing a watch in position in line with the protector. Fig. 6 is a side view thereof. Fig. 7 is a detail View of the head or projection to be carried by the watch. Fig. S is a perspective view of the presser for opening the jaws of the protector. Fig. 9 is a view indicating the application of my improvements to a vest-pocket. Fig. l0 is a perspective View of a clamping-jaw.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral l in the drawings indicates a support or plate which may be made of metal or other suitable material, and on one side of the same are a pair of jaws 2, shown pivotally attached thereto near one end, as by pivots 2, and adapted to swing toward and from each other, though one of the jaws could be stationary. Said jaws are shown provided each with a semihub or projection 2b, (see Figs. l, 2, and a,) which hubs or projections are adapted to register and to receive between them a head or projection 3, carried by a watch 4. The outer ends of the hubs are shown beveled inwardly at 2 (see Figs. 2 and 4) to permit the ready passage inwardly of the head 3, and the inner faces of the hubs 2b are undercut or provided with inwardly-projecting flanges 2f to engage the flange 3 of the head 3, (see Figs. 4 and 10 and dotted lines in Fig. 1,) so that when the head is between the jaws and the latter are pressed together the head will be clamped and held from being drawn out. A spring 5, which is shown passed around the hubs 2b, serves to normally clamp the hubs together. In the example of my invention which Ihave illustrated the jaws are shown as made of flat pieces provided with the hubs 2b, which may be struck up, or in any other suitable arrangement for the purpose may be provided. To open the jaws, so as to release the head 3, I provide a pusher 6, which may be in the form of a flat piece of metal having a beveled or V-shaped lower end at 6, adapted to pass between the free ends of the jaws 2 to press them apart, 6b being a finger-piece on the pusher. (See Fig. 8.) The pusher 6 is mounted to slide upon the support or plate l, and I have shown a guide 7 secured to the support l and lying in front of the pusher 6, the lower end 7 of said guide extending in front of the free ends of the jaws and serving as a guide for the same. The pusher 6 is adapted to slide between the support l and the guide 7, and to further guide the pusher 6 its side edges 6c may lie between lugs l, struck up from support l, as shown in Fig. 3. The top edgeof the guide 7 may be bent over the shoulders 6 of presser G to limit the outward movement of the latter, as indicated at 7b, Figs. 4 and 4U.

The watch-protector described may be secured in the pocket by sewing it to the lining or wall thereof or otherwise; but as a convenient means for attaching the protector to .the pocket I have shown the support or plate l as provided with a threaded hub le, projecting from the back thereof and adapted to receive the threaded stem 9a of a button or head 9, whereby the pocket lining o r wall l0 may be clamped between the support l and the button 9, as indicated in Fig. 4. To prevent rotation of the protector, the same may be provided with prongs le, bent or struck up therefrom, which will stick into the pocket lining or wall.

Vhile the projection or head 3 could be permanently attached to or made lpart of a watch, I have shown means for connecting the same to any stem, as more clearly illustrated in Fig. 7, in which the head 3 is shown provided with a threaded socket to receive the threaded ends of a pliable ring or band 11, that is adapted to be clamped around the stem of the watch. To attach the head or projection to the Watch, the former is removed from band 1l and the latter is opened, so as to pass around the watch-stem, and then closed, and the head 3 is screwed upon the ring or band, the head thus projecting laterally from the watch-stem.

The protector being fastened in the pocket and the watch-stem provided with head or projection 3, the watch is placed in the pocket and the head 3 is pressed between the jaws 2 of the protector, which securely clamps the same, thus practically locking the watchin the pocket. To release the watch, it is merely necessary to push down upon the presser 6, which will spread the jaws 2 apart, and thus release the head 3 and the watch. Should an effort be made to steal the watch, it would be frustrated, because as the watch is locked in the pocket it cannot be readily torn loose, and the attention of the owner would be called to the fact that a person was endeavoring to abstract the watch from the pocket. Then, again, the protector is useful in preventing the watch from slipping from the pocket accidentally.

Changes may be made inthe details of construction set forth without departing from the spirit of my invention, and the invention therefore is not limited to the particular arrangements shown and described.

Having now described my invention, what I claim isl. A watch-protector comprising a support,

a pair of jaws connected therewith, said jaws having undercut opposed faces or hubs to rereceive a head or projection between them and a presser to slide between the jaws to open them, substantially as described.

2. A watch-protector comprising a support, a pair of jaws connected therewith and having hubs provided with inwardly-projecting flanges adapted to receive a head or projection between them and to overlie the head, a spring to keep the jaws closed, and a presser adapted to spread the jaws apart, substantially as described.

3. A watch-protector comprising a support, a pair of jaws pivotally connected therewith, a spring to hold the jaws closed, a presser opposed to the pivots of the jaws adapted to open said jaws, a guide connected with said support and overlying said presser, whereby the presser travels between the support and the guide, and this guide having a depending portion lying in front of the free ends of the jaws, and means to limit the outward movement of the presser, substantially as described.

4t. The combination of a watch-protector having jaws provided with outwardly-extending hubs having opposed flanges adapted to clamp and hold ahead, with a head havinga flange or enlargement to pass between said jaws, and means for securing said head to a watch, substantially as described.

5. Awatch-protector comprising a support having a pair of lugs and a guide overlying them providing a guideway, a presser adapted to travel in said guideway, a pair of jaws pivotally carried by said support and arranged to have the presser pass between them, and means to hold the jaws closed, substantially as described.

CHARLES R. TETZNER.

WVitnesses:

H. B. BRADBURY, T. F. BOURNE. 

